Pocket-book



(No Model.)

- J. 0. ARMS. Pocket Book.

No. 238,480. Patented March 8,1881- MPETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGPAPH llwrreSTATES ATENT price.

JAMES C. ARMS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,480, dated March 8,1881.

Application filed November 8,1680. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. ARMS, ofHart ford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements inPocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pocket-books designed to contain a detachablediary or notebook 5 and the invention consists, first,in providing thepocket-book with a pocket open at one end, whereby the diary ornote-book may be inserted or removed without opening the pocket-book orexposing its contents; and, secondly, the invention consists in formingsaid pocket, whether open at the end or side, upon the outside of thepocket-book, in order that the placing of the diary or note-book thereinmay not interfere with the ordinary pockets, the expansion of thepocket-book thereby being wholly 011 the outside.

Pocket-books have hitherto been provided with note-books ormemoranda-tablets which have been more commonly pasted therein, thoughin some instances a fastening has been employed which admitted of theremoval of the tablet or book. Diaries have also in many instances beenformed with one or more pockets, to hold papers, 850. In allinstances,however, so far as I am aware,where a pocket-book has been furnishedwith a diary or tablet, or wherea diary has been furnished with apocket,it has been necessary to open the pocket-book or diary, exposing thepockets and their contents, and necessitatingthe keeping open of thesame while writing in the diary. Such arrangement is very objectionablein that it is difficult to write in the diary or on the tablet with oneportion of the book hanging down or doubled back and held in the hand,while at the same time the contents are exposed to bystanders, and areliable to fall out and be lost.

To overcome these difficulties, I employ a diary or note-book madeentirely separate from the pocket-book, placing the same in a pocketspecially provided to receive it, by which arrangement all fasteningdevices are rendered unnecessary. This special pocket may be on theinside or outside of the book, as preferred. If on the inside, thepocket should be open at the end, (supposing that the pocket-book bemade to open at the side, as usual,) in order that the diary ornote-book may be removed and replaced without openingthe pocket-book;but if on the outside, the pocket may open either at the end or side,although it is preferred to have it open at the end, as the book is thenmore securely held therein. Ordinarily I prefer to form the specialpocket on the outside, either on the front or back, or one on the frontand another on the back, in which latter case one of said pockets may beused for checks, notes, and like papers, which it may be desirable notto expose in opening the book. By locating the pocket on the outside theexpansion of the book, occasioned by the insertion of the diary ornote-book, will be caused to be outward; hence the inside pockets of thepocket-book will not be in any way interfered with thereby.

In the drawings Ihave represented a pocketbook provided with two outsidepockets.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved book, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section of the same on the line as xof Fig. 1.

A represents the pocket-book asa whole, provided with inside pockets, a,arranged in any Well-known or usual manner, and with a flap or cover,b,to shutover and close the same. At the back the pocket-bookisfurnished with a pocket, 0, open at one end, adapted to receive a diaryor note-book, B; and at the front is a similar pocket, (I, also open atthe end, which may contain checks, notes, bills, or other papers whichit is desirable not to expose to view in opening the pocket-book, andwhich may by this arrangement be removed or replaced without opening thepocket-book.

As before stated, the pockets 0 and d may be left open at the sideinstead of at the end, or may be on the inside instead of the outside,provided the end in that case be left open.

Any form of diary or note-book capable of being placed within the pocketmay be used, and when one is filled another may be substituted at will.

The note book, being placed within the pocket, is protected from dirtand wear, and, if desired, may be further protected by a flap foldingover the month of the pocket.

I am aware that a coin-case has been provided with a slide arranged tobe drawn out a short distance at the end of the case to expose a coin orcoins, and that it has been proposed to combine with or attach to such acoincase an ordinary pocket-book. I am further aware that a series ofpockets open at the end have been connected by or arranged upon a commonpivot, and when folded together, or one behind another, covered by acommon flap, an erasive tablet beingarran ged upon the same pivotbetween the pockets. I lay no claim to either of these constructions.

My improvement consists in providing a special pocket adapted to receivea note-book, and to permit the insertion and removal thereof withoutopening or exposing the other compartments.

In the foregoing description I have spoken of the special pockets asbeing open at the end; but in case it should be found desirable to havethe ordinary pockets open at the end and the special pocket be placedinside, it would in that case open at the side.

to receive an independent book or tablet, sub- 3 5 stantially asdescribed and shown.

JAMES C. ARMS.

Witnesses B. It. ALLEN, J. H. MARTIN.

